The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.
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The Lake City tobacco market was established in 1898, and has grown to become one of the two largest markets in South Carolina today.
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The Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel located in South Carolina was started in 1856 by a railroad company and is bored for more than a mile into the granite heart of fabled Stumphouse Mountain. The coming of the Civil War in 1859 ended the work on the project.